Pants-stretcher.



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PANTS'STRETCHER. APPLICATION m en MAY a 191 3 PatentedJilly 10, 1917.

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WALTER. TAYLOR, O F EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July it), 1217.

Application filed May 3, 1916. Serial No. 95,204.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALTER TAYLOR, a

citizen of the United States, residingat Eureka, in the county of Humboldt, State of California, have invented a new and use; ful Pants-Stretcher; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pants or trouser stretchers, and particularly to the types that are eXpansible and insertible in the trouser legs, and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind comprising a pair of elongated bars or members adapted to correspond to the front and rear of each trouser leg when flat, and being connected by yieldable or expansible spring means, so as to hold said members or bars with their outer edges engaging the inner portion of the forward and rear parts of each trouser leg, so as to stretch the trouser leg and hold it in shape, and form creases in the forward and rear parts of the trouser leg. By this yieldable or expansible spring means the trouser leg is stretched sufliciently to remove the wrinkles.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view showing the improved pants stretcher as applied, showing the pants or trousers in section.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation showing the trouser or pants stretcher removed from the trouser leg, and illustrating the elongated members or bars farther apart than when inserted in the pants or trouser leg.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 83 of Fig. 1.

Referring more especially to the drawing, 1 designates the front pants stretching member or bar and 2 denotes the rear pants stretching member or bar. The member or bar 1 in cross section tapers to sharp forward edge 3, and is of a shape longitudinally, to conform to the shape of the forward part of the trouser leg. The member or bar 2, in cross section, tapers to a rear -53 shaip edge 5, and is of a shape longitudi-- nally, to conform to the contour of the rear part of thetrouser leg.

Spring members (3 and T are provided, which are bent upon themselves to form the spring loops 8 and 9, which tend to cause the arms of the spring to spring or expand forwardly and rearwardly, to cause the elongated members or bars 1 and 2 to spring forwardly and rearwardly to contact between the surface of the forward and rear parts of the trouser legs, thereby stretching the trouser legs and causing creases to be formed. The arms of the spring members (iand 7 have their extremities or ends adjustably connected to the bars 1 and 2, so that the pring members may be adjusted, said adjustable connections of the arms be ing designated by the characters 10. For instance, should it be desired that the spring action or the outward pressure of the lower parts of the bars 1 and 2 be decreased, the spring member 6 may be adjusted toward the spring member 7, and should it be de sired that said spring action or outward pressure of the lower part of the members 1 and 2 be increased, the spring member 6 may be adjusted toward the lower parts of the bars 1 and 2. The spring member 7 may be correspondingly adjusted. .It is to be noted that the arms of said spring mem here are connected substantially adjacent the central. portions of the bars or members 1 and 2, so that the greatest pressure or spring action is upon the knee portions of the trouser leg, where the greatest wrinkles and bagging of the trouser leg occurs, and by this excessive pressure and stretching action, "the bagging and wrinkles at the knee portion of the trouser leg are readily removed. The inner edge of member or bar 2 adjacent its opposite ends is provided with eyes 11, to which the eyes 12 of the rods 13 and 14s are connected. Each rod consists of two sections 15 and 16, connected by a turn buckle 17, and the end portion 18 of the section 16 terminates in a lateral hook 19, which connects to an elongated opening 20 in the plate 21, on the inner edge of the bar or member 1, so as to hold said members 1 and 2 in their proper positions relative to each other, to fit within a trouser leg. The looseness of play of the hook 19 in the opening 20 enables the members 1 and 2 to have slight movements from each other, acting to stretch the trouser leg and hold'the same perfectshape. By-.virt11e -members connecting said bars and designed to be depressed-t0 permit-the stretcher to be inserted 1n the leg,-mea-ns "for ad ust1ngthe members depressed;

2. A pants stretcher comprising oppositely disposed bars designedto engagethe fcr ont and rearof the trouser leg and conforming in shape t-herewith, loop spring members, connecting saidbars and designed to be depressed to permit the stretcher to be inserted in the leg, means connecting said oppositely disposedbars to hold the loop spring members depressed, and means for adjusting the loop spring members as to theirposition on said bars, said adjusting means comprising recesses formed in the bars, clamps attached to the loop spring members and engaging the recesses on the bars and set screws forholding the clamps and with them=the:loop springmembers in any of: their adjusted positions.

loop spring members as to their position on said bars-gand means connecting said oppositely disposed bars to hold the loop spring -In1test-imon whereof I have signed my name-to this-specification in thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

\VALTER TAYLOR.

I \Vit-nesses:

H. "M.:DI1\ sMoRn, CARMEN PITTMAN.

flop ies ofcthis patent may beobtaine d for -fivecents eachpby-Vaddressing:the (CommissioneriofrPatents,

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